File Formats: Gerber Format (GBR)

The Gerber file format is a vector © based format used by GerbTools, ViewMate and CamTastic as a simple way of transferring printed circuit board information to a wide variety of devices. The Extended Gerber Format (RS-274X) handles information for defining shapes and sizes of lines and other features. This format supports Polygons, Circles, Ovals, Outlines, Arcs, Lines, Rectangles, Moire and Thermal.

This file format is not supported in the Imaging Pro toolkits. Read and write support for this format is provided in the Document and Medical Imaging toolkits.

The default extension used by this format is: GBR

This file format does support layers.

File constants associated with this file format are:

Constant Read Support Write Support Description
Gerber Yes Yes Gerber Vector

The following table indicates which objects LEAD can load and which objects it can save:

Object: Load: Save:
Arc Supported Supported
Chord Supported Supported
Circle Supported Supported
Lines Supported Supported
Moire Supported Not Supported
Outlines Supported Not Supported
Ovals Supported Supported
Polygons Supported Supported
Rectangle Supported Not Supported
Thermal Supported Not Supported

Required DLL: Leadtools.Vector.dll and Leadtools.Codecs.Gbr.dll. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application .

Related Formats: CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile, CMX - Corel Presentation Exchange Format, DGN - Intergraph Format, DRW - Micrografx Designer DRaWing, DWF - DWF Format, DWG - DWG Format, DXF - Drawing Interchange Format, EMF - Windows Metafile Formats, PCL - Printer Command Language Format, PCT - Macintosh Pict Format, PDF - Portable Document Format, PLT - PLT / HPGL Format, PS - PostScript Document Format, RTF - Rich Text Format, SHP - ESRI Shape Format, SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics Format, WPG - WordPerfect Vector Format, WMF - Windows Metafile Formats, WMZ - Compressed Windows Metafile Format, E00 - ArcInfo Interchange File Format, MIF - MapInfo Interchange File Format.

Platform Support

Extension Module Value Win32 Win64 Net32 Net64 Linux Android Apple UWP MimeType Friendly Name
Gerber GBR 169 image/fax GBR - Gerber Vector Format

For a complete list for supported file formats, see Summary of All Supported File Formats.

For details of the file formats supported across products and platforms, refer to File Format Comparison Chart.

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